Label for cans.



J. G. WOOD.

LABEL FOR CANS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 26. 1912.

Patented Aprf14, 1914.

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LABEL FOR CANS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. WOOD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Labels for Cans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In applying labels to cylindrical vessels it is customary to pass the vessel in rolling contact over a label which is provided with adhesive at or near its ends only, so that the label completely envelops the body of the vessel between the end flanges and leaves no corners which are liable to curl away from the body of the can and be torn off. In applying labels, however, to vessels of this type having bails it has been the cus tom to either confine the label to the space between the bail ears and the base of the can or to apply a label which only partly covers and does not encircle the vessel as it has been found diflicult to avoid the bail and the projecting ears to which the bail is secured. This necessitates the gumming or pasting of the entire body of the label and leaves corners or edges which are liable to be torn off or otherwise disfigured.

This invention relates to labels for paint pails or cylindrical vessels with bails which are so applied that the entire outer surface or body of the can is covered, and the applied label is secured to the body at its end margins only as to the ordinary can without a handle, whereby there are no corners or marginal portions which may become loose.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in elevation of a paint can with label applied thereto that embodies features of the invention; Fig. 2 is a View slightly reduced in size, of the label before application; and Fig. 3 is a view showing one method of applying the label to a pail.

As herein shown, a can body 1 has the usual bail ears 2 with which a bail 3 may be interlocked after the bail ears are applied at the ordinary points on the pail body. A label is prepared having a pair of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 26, 1912.

Patented Apr. ML, 1914:.

Serial No. 693,350.

openings 4 through which the bail ears may project when the label is applied. The label with its end portions pasted or gummed is laid on a flat surface and the pail, with the bail removed, rolled thereover, the supporting surface being cut away and the passage of the pail being timed so that the ears each enter the appropriate opening of the label, the pasted or gummed portions adhering to the pail body and to each other and overlapping in the usual manner. Thereafter the pail bail is applied by appropriate tools. By this method the entire surface of the can or pail may be used for advertising purposes and the label may be secured in place with a minimum amount of adhesive, and when so secured, gives the appearance to the pail of a lithographed package. Furthermore, as the apertures through the label do not interrupt or sever the margins, there are no corners or parts which are liable to roll back from the body of the vessel, and so become torn, and there is no necessity of ap plying paste or adhesive to the label save at the end portions.

Obviously, changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and I do not care tolimit myself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

I claim A label for receptacles having bail ears comprising a strip having a length greater than the circumferential length of the receptacle to provide overlapping ends of the label when applied to the receptacle, said label having perforations spaced from the side edges and free from communication therewith, said perforations having a configuration corresponding to the base of the bail ears of the receptacle and positionedto permit the passage therethrough of the ears when the label is snugly fitted to the receptacle body, the walls of the perforations and the bail ears cooperating to retain the label against shifting when in position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. WOOD.

Witnesses:

C. R. STIGKNEY, ANNA M. DoRR.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

